Response: I found this part of the article interesting due to the fact that as educators we often get caught up in the technical part of the technology and lose focus on guiding our students to create the content. It can be very frustrating when trying to get the right equipment, the right program, etc... before implementing a project. I believe that this deters educators from trying new ideas in their classrooms. This is why it is so important that technology tools and skills begins in kindergarten and continues each year, according to a technology framework. When students and teachers feel competent with technical skills, then content creation may flourish.
Reference: Raimist, R., Doerr-Stevens, C., & Jacobs, W. (2011). The Pedagogy of Digital Storytelling in the College Classroom.International Journal of Media,Technology and Lifelong Learning, 7(1). Retrieved October 20, 2011, from seminar.net
Additional Resource: I've chose this article because it describes where digital storytelling comes from, how digital storytelling can be used to support instruction, and how students use digital storytelling to improve multiple literacy skills.
Digital Literacy in the Classroom
Robin, B. R. (n.d.). The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling. In Digital Literacy . Retrieved October 20, 2011, from http://digitalliteracyintheclassroom.pbworks.com/f/Educ-Uses-DS.pdf
Good point about getting caught up in the technology end and losing sight of the creativity. Sometimes I feel like those are both issues for me. I'm not really good with the technology and my creativity level is nothing to get excited over either.
ReplyDeleteTechnology should be incorporated as early as kindergarten. But I think it is just as important for teachers to take courses to learn how to use the technology so they can be more confident using it in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI think that it would be awesome to have technology skills taught in the elementary level and work its way up. I was always told-and it has been my focus still-that technology is a tool for the curriculum, not a subject to be taught. In other words, its purpose is to aid instruction.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this article Mary Jo! I'm actually going to make it the Double entry Journal for Week 10! I think it will be very helpful to us in shaping our digital stories!
ReplyDeleteTeachers at my school have a lot of trouble with the required elements of our technology curriculum. I think it is because they get caught up in trying to make sure that the students can operate the different programs technically and don't let them experiment and use discovery learning to enhance their overall experience of the lesson. Very few students would want to sit around and learn the mechanics of a computer program step by step; the lessons will be more meaningful if teachers put more emphasis on the creativity of the final project.
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